SPY GAME (Original title)JEU D'ESPIONS (Alternative title)SPY GAME - DER FINALE COUNTDOWN (Alternative title)
Date: 2001 (Copyright)Countries: Germany, USA, Japan, FranceDirector: Tony Scott
Production company billing: ©2001 KALIMA Productions GmbH and Co. KG Beacon Pictures presents a Douglas Wick production Produced in association with KALIMA Productions GmbH and Co. KG/Toho-Towa Company, Ltd./Metropolitan Filmexport Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS Colour by Fotokem Prints by DeLuxe 2.35:1 [Panavision] Author: Beacon Communications LLC
Synopsis: CIA operative Nathan Muir is on the brink of retirement when he learns that his protegé Tom Bishop is facing imminent execution in China for having tried to smuggle someone out of the country.Synopsis: Filmed from November 2000 --> March 2001 (Morocco: from Dec 5th, 2000 to Jan 23rd, 2001 - 5 Weeks Shoot) Shooting Locations UK (Chinese Prison & CIA Scenes), HUNGARY: BUDAPEST (Berlin Scenes) MOROCCO: OUARZAZATE(Vietnam Scenes) & CASABLANCA (Beirut Scenes)
Genres: Crime, Crime, Thriller
Title: ReviewsAuthor: O'HEHIR, Andrew Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Total Film n60 January 2002 Pages: [92-93],94-96
Title: The Total Film Interview: Tony ScottAuthor: SALISBURY, Mark Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Tony Scott on his career as film director and his latest film SPY GAME.
In: Filmovy Prehled n3 2002 Page: 21,22
Title: [Filmovy Prehled - n3 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: Czech
In: Signis Media n1 2002 Pages: 10-12[in English, French, Spanish]
Title: War Movie and Political and Social AgendasAuthor: MALONE, Peter Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A look at several American war films, speculating on the reasons why they are produced at a particular time.
In: Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v21 n81 Spring 2002 Pages: 37-38
Title: Record reviews: SPY GAMEAuthor: WHITE, Dave Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n4 26 Jan 2002 Page: 34
Title: FilmkritikenArticle type: CreditsLanguage: German
In: Empire n152 February 2002 Page: 105
Title: [Empire - n152 February 2002: no known title]Author: KENNEDY, Colin Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1334 23 Nov 2001 Page: 34
Title: Complex plotting mars political thriller.Author: LEVY, Emanuel Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Score Monthly v6 n10 December 2001 Pages: 15-17
Title: The final confrontation: our roundup of the year's ...Author: BOND, Jeff Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Harry Gregson-Williams' music for SHREK and SPY GAME. "...ultimate scores".
In: Film Score Monthly v6 n10 December 2001 Page: 24
Title: Scores of scores: our annual review roundup of extra- ...Author: JOY, Nick Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Harry Gregson-Williams' score for SPY GAME. "...ordinary magnitude".
In: Variety 19 Nov 2001 Page: 39,44
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1285 17 Nov 2000 Page: 16
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v365 n28 7 Nov 2000 Page: 29
Title: ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Date: 2001 (Copyright)Countries: Germany, USA, Japan, FranceDirector: Tony Scott
Production company billing: ©2001 KALIMA Productions GmbH and Co. KG Beacon Pictures presents a Douglas Wick production Produced in association with KALIMA Productions GmbH and Co. KG/Toho-Towa Company, Ltd./Metropolitan Filmexport Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS Colour by Fotokem Prints by DeLuxe 2.35:1 [Panavision] Author: Beacon Communications LLC
Synopsis: CIA operative Nathan Muir is on the brink of retirement when he learns that his protegé Tom Bishop is facing imminent execution in China for having tried to smuggle someone out of the country.Synopsis: Filmed from November 2000 --> March 2001 (Morocco: from Dec 5th, 2000 to Jan 23rd, 2001 - 5 Weeks Shoot) Shooting Locations UK (Chinese Prison & CIA Scenes), HUNGARY: BUDAPEST (Berlin Scenes) MOROCCO: OUARZAZATE(Vietnam Scenes) & CASABLANCA (Beirut Scenes)
Genres: Crime, Crime, Thriller
Credits
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©/Produced in association with: KALIMA Productions GmbH and Co. KG, Presented by: Beacon Communications, Produced in association with: Toho-Towa, Metropolitan Filmexport, Executive Producer: Armyan Bernstein, Executive Producer: Iain Smith, Executive Producer: Thomas A. Bliss, Executive Producer: James W. Skotchdopole, Producer: Douglas Wick, Producer: Marc Abraham, Executive in Charge of Production: Nancy Rae Stone, Unit Production Manager (Morocco): James W. Skotchdopole, Production Manager (Budapest): George Kuntner, Production Manager (Morocco): Cindy Irving, Production Manager (Vancouver): Jim Rowe, Production Supervisor: Sarah Bradshaw, Production Supervisor: Judi Bunn, Production Supervisor: Ian Hickinbotham, Production Supervisor (Budapest): Mária Ungor, Production Supervisor (Morocco): John Bernard, Production Co-ordinator: Sallie Beechinor, Production Co-ordinator: Mona Benjamin, Production Co-ordinator: Anna Hall, Production Co-ordinator (Budapest): Katalin Schulteisz, Production Co-ordinator (Vancouver/LA): Marc A. Hammer, Production Accountant (Budapest): Guy Barker, Location Manager: Christian McWilliams, Location Manager: Jo Beckett, Location Manager: Alex Gladstone, Location Manager: Jonathan Hook, Location Manager: Becky Jones, Location Manager: Ben Rimmer, Location Manager: Michael Sharp, Location Manager (Budapest): Ildikó Orosz, Location Manager (Morocco): Khalid Boulasri, Location Manager (Morocco): Stéphane Alain Floc'h, Luc Tramon, Post-production Supervisor: Michael Solinger, Production Consultant (Morocco): Karim Abouobayd, Assistant Director (1st): John Wildermuth, Assistant Director (Key 2nd): Adam Somner, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Ian Stone, Assistant Director (3rd): Will Dodds, Assistant Director (Budapest): Zsuzsa Gurbán, Assistant Director (Morocco 1st): Ahmed Hatimi, Assistant Director (Morocco Key 2nd): Ali Cherkaoui, Assistant Director (Morocco 2nd 2nd): Zine-Eddine Ibnoujabal, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Assistant Script Supervisor: Sharon Mansfield, Casting: Bonnie Timmermann, Lucinda Syson, Casting (Budapest): László Sipos, Casting (Morocco): Mustapha Sharif, ADR (Voice Casting): Brendan Donnison, Vanessa Baker, Screenplay: Michael Frost Beckner, Screenplay: David Arata, Story: Michael Frost Beckner, [Screenplay]: Mike van Diem, John Lee Hancock, Director of Photography: Dan Mindel, Aerial Cameraman: John Marzano, Hong Kong Aerial Director of Photography: Dean Head, Camera Operator: Klemens Becker, Camera Operator: Martin Schaer, Wescam Technician: Charles Woodburn, Visual Effects: Inc Cinesite, Computer/Video Systems by: Useful Companies, UsCo (Supervisor): Justin Owen, UsCo (Co-ordinator): Sara-Jane Valentine, UsCo (Creative Supervisor): Simon Staines, UsCo (Art Director): John Hill, Special Effects Supervisor: Trevor Wood, Demolition Supervisor: Charles Moran, Editor: Christian Wagner, Editorial Consultant: Steven Rosenblum, Associate Editor: Monica Anderson, Production Designer: Norris Spencer, Production Designer (Morocco): Chris Seagers, Production Designer (Vancouver): Nina Ruscio, Supervising Art Director: Kevin Phipps, Art Director (UK): Stephen Dobric, Art Director (Budapest): Gary Freeman, Art Director (Morocco): Andy Nicholson, Set Decorator: Jille Azis, Costume Designer: Louise Frogley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing, Wardrobe Master: Allan Hay, Chief Make-up/Hair: Graham Johnston, Main Title/On-screen Graphic Effects: yU+co., yU (Creative Director/Designer): Garson Yu, yU (Producer): Tim Thompson, yU (Inferno Artist): Todd Mesher, yU (Designer/Animator): Benjamin Surya, yU (Designer/Animator): Martin Surya, yU (Designer/Animator): Wayland Vida, Yiing Chyn Fan, Opticals: Pacific Title, Music: Harry Gregson-Williams, Score Performed by: The London Session Orchestra, Metro Voices, Musician (boy soprano): Timothy Washburn, Musician (Middle Eastern Vocals): Khosro Ansari, Musician (Vietnamese Vocals): Lisbeth Scott, Musician (Chinese Vocals): Anzu Lawson, Musician (Electric Violin): Hugh Marsh, Musician (Erhu): Guangming Li, Musician (Guitars): Peter Distefano, Musician (Ethnic Flutes): Fred Seldon, Musician (Celtic Harp): Patrick Cassidy, Musician (Cymbalon): Greg Knowles, Musician (Chinese Percussion): Traditional Chinese Performing Arts In.., Musician (Middle Eastern Drums): Paul Clarvis, Musician (Add Percussion/Percsn Progmng): Bob Daspit, Musician (Add Percussion/Percsn Progmng): Christian Hensen, Musician (Add Percussion/Percsn Progmng): David Lauser, John Nordstrom, Conductor: Harry Gregson-Williams, Orchestra Leader: Gavin Wright, Additional Arrangements: Justin Burnett, Toby Chu, Music Supervisor: G. Marq Roswell, Exec i/c of Film Music for Universal Std: Kathy Nelson, Music Production Supervisor: Gretchen O'Neal, Music Editor: Richard Whitfield, Score Recorder/Mixer: Alan Meyerson, Production Sound Mixer: Simon Kaye, Re-recording Sound Mixer: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Re-recordist: Dan Sharp, Tom Y. Burns, Supervising Sound Editor: George Watters Ii, Supervising Sound Editor: F. Hudson Miller, Sound Editor: R.J. Palmer, Sound Editor: Suhail Kafity, Sound Editor: Gary Wright, Sound Editor: Ed Callahan, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Teri E. Dorman, Dialogue Editor: Marshall Winn, Dialogue Editor: David Arnold, ADR Recordist: Rick Canelli, ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O'Connell, ADR Mixer: John Bateman, Supervising ADR Editor: Juno J. Ellis, ADR Editor: Denise Horta, ADR Editor: Stephen Janisz, Foley Artist: Dan O'Connell, Foley Artist: John Cucci, Foley Recordist: Linda Lew, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan, Supervising Foley Editor: Victoria Martin, Foley Editor: Matthew Harrison, Foley Editor: James Likowski, Stunt Co-ordinator: Steve Dent, Stunt Department Co-ordinator: Greg Campbell, Military Technical Consultant: Freddie Joe Farnsworth, Aerial Co-ordinator: Marc Wolff, Special Adviser to Mr Scott: Neville Shulman, Consultant: Don Ferrarone, Armourer: Simon Atherton, Armourer (Budapest): Charlie Bodycumb, Armourer (Morocco): John Nixon, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Robert Redford (Nathan Muir), Brad Pitt (Tom 'Boy Scout' Bishop), Catherine McCormack (Elizabeth Hadley), Stephen Dillane (Charles Harker), Larry Bryggman (Troy Folger), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Gladys Jennip), Ken Leung (Li, Chinese Prison), David Hemmings (Harry Duncan, Hong Kong), Matthew Marsh (Doctor Byars), Todd Boyce (Robert Aiken), Michael Paul Chan (Vincent Vy Ngo), Garrick Hagon (Cy Wilson), Andrew Grainger (Andrew Unger), Bill Buell (Fred Kappler), Colin Stinton (Henry Pollard), Ted Maynard (CIA administrator), Tom Hodgkins (CIA lobby guard), Rufus Wright (Folger's secretary), Demetri Goritsas (Billy Hyland), Quinn Collins (OPS Center security officer), Sam Scudder (back bencher), Yann Johnson (CIA back bencher), Pat Mcgrath (cleaner), Shane Rimmer (estate agent), James Aubrey (Mitch Alford), In Sook Chappell (receptionist), Benedict Wong (Tran), Adrian Pang (Jiang), Ho-yi (prison warden), David Y. Cheung (Down's prisoner), Tony Xu (interrogator), Mark Sung (ambulance driver), David K.S. Tse (prison doctor), Logan Wong (prison guard 1), Hon Ping Tang (prison guard 2), Daniel Tse (warden's lieutenant), Vincent Wang (outer gate guard), Stuart Milligan (captain), Joseph Chanet (VC general), Eddie Yeoh (General Hun Chea), Freddie Joe Farnsworth (radioman), Joerg Stadler (Schmidt), Zsolt Zágoni (West German businessman), Balázs Tardy (vopo 1), Pál Oberfrank (vopo 2), Géza Schramek (East German refugee), Imre Csuja (bar owner), Melinda Völgyi (bar owner's wife), Károly Rékasi (East German border guard), Kimberly Tufo (Sandy), Iain Smith (Ambassador Cathcart), Gregory Groth (CIA training instructor), Péter Linka (CIA polygraph), Omid Djalili (Doumet), Amidou (the sheik's doctor), Nabil Massad (Sheik Salameh), Mohammed Picasso (Colonel Ajami), Aziz Ait Essahmi (checkpoint guard), Moustapha Moulay (Arab businessman), Mohamed Quatib (motorcyclist/decoy man), Farid Regragui (suicide van driver), Dale Dye (Commander Wiley), Tim Briggs (heli pilot), Frank Nall (CNN reporter), Ian Porter (US/China reporter), Charlotte Rampling (Anne Cathcart)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Sight and Sound v12 n2 February 2002 Page: 60,62Title: ReviewsAuthor: O'HEHIR, Andrew Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Total Film n60 January 2002 Pages: [92-93],94-96
Title: The Total Film Interview: Tony ScottAuthor: SALISBURY, Mark Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Tony Scott on his career as film director and his latest film SPY GAME.
In: Filmovy Prehled n3 2002 Page: 21,22
Title: [Filmovy Prehled - n3 2002: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: Czech
In: Signis Media n1 2002 Pages: 10-12[in English, French, Spanish]
Title: War Movie and Political and Social AgendasAuthor: MALONE, Peter Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A look at several American war films, speculating on the reasons why they are produced at a particular time.
In: Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v21 n81 Spring 2002 Pages: 37-38
Title: Record reviews: SPY GAMEAuthor: WHITE, Dave Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n4 26 Jan 2002 Page: 34
Title: FilmkritikenArticle type: CreditsLanguage: German
In: Empire n152 February 2002 Page: 105
Title: [Empire - n152 February 2002: no known title]Author: KENNEDY, Colin Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1334 23 Nov 2001 Page: 34
Title: Complex plotting mars political thriller.Author: LEVY, Emanuel Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Score Monthly v6 n10 December 2001 Pages: 15-17
Title: The final confrontation: our roundup of the year's ...Author: BOND, Jeff Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Harry Gregson-Williams' music for SHREK and SPY GAME. "...ultimate scores".
In: Film Score Monthly v6 n10 December 2001 Page: 24
Title: Scores of scores: our annual review roundup of extra- ...Author: JOY, Nick Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Harry Gregson-Williams' score for SPY GAME. "...ordinary magnitude".
In: Variety 19 Nov 2001 Page: 39,44
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1285 17 Nov 2000 Page: 16
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v365 n28 7 Nov 2000 Page: 29
Title: ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English